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I select a thematically appropriate horror movie for each day of the year and tell you about it.

Why?

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

How do you get to decide what qualifies as a horror movie and where each one goes on the calendar?

I am the Mayor of Horror Movies.

Are all these movies good?

Oh gosh no. But I recommend all of them to the adventurous viewer.

What’s with the CWs?

In horror movies, disturbing material is part of the entertainment package. But for some viewers, elements like sexual violence or bigotry ruin the fun. For those folks, I include content warnings. That said, the warnings are based on my personal reactions and should not be expected to cover all potential cinematic skeeviness, so proceed with caution.

Who are you, aside from the mayor?

I’m Shaenon K. Garrity. I’m mostly a cartoonist. I watch a lot of scary movies while I draw cartoons.

January 9

Discussion (3) ¬

After ‘Psycho’ was released, Hitchcock received an angry letter from the father of a girl who refused to have a bath after seeing ‘Diabolique’ and now refused to shower after seeing ‘Psycho.’ He wrote back, “Send her to the dry cleaners”.

Got this from the library and watched it yesterday – great movie, but I was disappointed that (spoilers) there weren’t any supernatural elements in it (I don’t take the pathological liar child’s claim in the last scene seriously). Funnily enough, I recognized the final bathroom scene from the TV movie remake from 1974, “Reflections Of Murder”, which I saw as a child (it really scared my 9-yr-old self!). Thanks again for doing this, btw – I’m finding plenty of movies to watch!